NFL Football Box Scores

National Football League

Scores and Statistics

NFL

Scores Matchups Injuries Teams Players Statistics Standings Rankings Transactions Odds Draft

BOXSCORE | RECAP

New England 31, Minnesota 7

When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, October 30, 2006
Where: Hubert Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Larry Nemmers
Attendance: 63819

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
New England	7	10	14	0	31
Minnesota	0	0	7	0	7

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 11:07
New England	TD	Minnesota 0 - New England 7 Reche Caldwell 6 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:09
New England	FG	Minnesota 0 - New England 10 Stephen Gostkowski 23 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:25
New England	TD	Minnesota 0 - New England 17 Benjamin Watson 9 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:36
Minnesota	TD	Minnesota 7 - New England 17 Mewelde Moore 71 yd. punt return (Ryan Longwell kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:03
New England	TD	Minnesota 7 - New England 24 Troy Brown 7 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:05
New England	TD	Minnesota 7 - New England 31 Chad Jackson 10 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)

TEAMS

Team Stats

	New England	Minnesota
1st Downs	25	17
Rushing	4	2
Passing	18	14
Penalty	3	1
3rd Down Conversions	4-11	5-14
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-2
Punts-Average	4-46.8	5-49.8
Return Yards	209	163
Punts-Returns	3-44	2-81
Kickoffs-Returns	2-91	5-82
Int-Returns	4-74	1-0
Penalties-Yards	9-85	6-39
Fumbles-Lost	3-1	1-0
Time of Possession	29:45	30:15
Total Net Yards	430	284
Total Plays	61	61
Average Gain	7.0	4.7
Net Yards Rushing	85	45
Rushes	15	15
Average/Rush	5.7	3.0
Net Yards Passing	345	239
Comp-Att	29-43	26-42
Yards/Pass	7.5	5.2
Sacked-Yards Lost	3-27	4-22
Had Intercepted	1	4
Touchdowns	4	1
Rushing	0	0
Passing	4	0
Other	0	1
Extra Points	4-4	1-1
Field Goals	1-1	0-0
Red Zone Efficiency	4-6-67%	0-3-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency	4-6-67%	0-1-0%
Safeties	0	0

PLAYER STATS

New England Patriots (0-0)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
T. Brady	29/43	372	4	1

Minnesota Vikings (0-0)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
B. Johnson	20/33	185	0	3
B. Bollinger	6/9	76	0	1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
H. Evans	1	35	35.0	0	35
L. Maroney	8	34	4.2	0	22
K. Faulk	1	11	11.0	0	11
C. Dillon	3	5	1.7	0	15
T. Brady	1	1	1.0	0	1
M. Cassel	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
C. Taylor	10	22	2.2	0	6
B. Johnson	1	9	9.0	0	9
M. Moore	2	9	4.5	0	9
A. Pinner	2	5	2.5	0	4

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
B. Watson	7	95	13.6	1	40
R. Caldwell	7	84	12.0	1	34
D. Gabriel	5	83	16.6	0	45
L. Maroney	2	33	16.5	0	20
C. Dillon	1	27	27.0	0	27
T. Brown	2	12	6.0	1	7
K. Faulk	2	12	6.0	0	6
D. Thomas	1	12	12.0	0	12
C. Jackson	1	10	10.0	1	10
J. Gaffney	1	4	4.0	0	4

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
M. Moore	4	91	22.8	0	50
T. Williamson	5	44	8.8	0	13
T. Taylor	3	30	10.0	0	22
C. Taylor	3	27	9.0	0	20
J. Wiggins	4	26	6.5	0	10
B. Johnson	2	18	9.0	0	15
B. McMullen	2	15	7.5	0	11
T. Richardson	2	9	4.5	0	8
R. Owens	1	1	1.0	0	1

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
E. Hobbs	1	70	0
M. Vrabel	1	2	0
R. Harrison	1	2	0
C. Scott	1	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
D. Sharper	1	0	0

Sks
	NO.	YDS
T. Banta-Cain	2.5	15.5
J. Green	1.0	5.5
R. Seymour	0.5	1.0

Sks
	NO.	YDS
J. Mitchell	2.0	13.0
E. Henderson	1.0	14.0

Tackles
	TK	AST
M. Vrabel	7	0
C. Scott	5	0
A. Hawkins	4	0
R. Colvin	4	0
R. Harrison	4	0
E. Hobbs	3	0
A. Samuel	3	1
J. Seau	2	0
T. Warren	2	0
V. Wilfork	2	0
T. Banta-Cain	2	1
E. Alexander	1	0
T. Bruschi	1	0
J. Green	1	2

Tackles
	TK	AST
E. Henderson	8	0
D. Sharper	7	0
D. Smith	6	0
F. Smoot	6	0
K. Williams	2	0
K. Udeze	2	0
A. Winfield	2	0
J. Mitchell	2	0
C. Griffin	1	0
D. Scott	1	0
B. Leber	1	0
S. Johnson	1	0
N. Harris	1	0
R. Whitaker	1	0
P. Williams	1	1

Fumbles
	NO.
R. Caldwell	1
T. Brady	1
H. Evans	1

Fumbles
	NO.
C. Taylor	1